In contrast to what happened in the months preceding the moratorium and during the 10 months of the “freeze” which was no more than a media gimmick a la Benjamin Netanyahu – during which a relatively large portion of the construction was in settlements east of the West Bank separation barrier – the building begun in recent months has again migrated to settlements west of the approved barrier route, those that Israel is trying to accustom the world to seeing as part of the settlement blocs.

It is a campaign waged by the right-wing settler movement, assisted by the Netanyahu government, which is playing for time, against the entire world – except for our new friends in the European neo-fascist groups and the American evangelical right. With friends like these, Israel should seriously consider reaching peace with the Arab world, and quickly.